Preamble

The House met at Eleven o'Clock

PRAYERS

[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT (PLACES OF SITTING)

Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.

The House went, and having returned,

Mr. SPEAKER reported That the Lords Commissioners, under the Great Seal for opening and holding this Parliament, had made a communication to both Houses, as follows:—

"My Lords and Members of the House of Commons,

We have it further in Command from His Majesty to acquaint you that the causes of His Majesty's calling this Parliament will be declared to you in the Chamber assigned to the House of Commons as their temporary place of sitting, and not in the present Parliament Chamber, and that, for this purpose, His Majesty has directed that on Monday the 6th day of this instant March, the Chamber assigned to the House of Commons as their temporary place of sitting be made ready for the House of Peers, and St. Stephen's Hall for the House of Commons.

And, we have it further in Command from His Majesty to declare that it is His Majesty's pleasure that, as soon as may be after the causes of the calling of this Parliament have been declared, the Chamber assigned to the House of Commons as their temporary place of sitting be again made ready for the House of Commons for the better and more convenient transacting of their business, and that His Majesty has been pleased to give directions accordingly."

MEMBERS SWORN

Mr. Speaker: The swearing in of Members will now be continued. Those Members who have not taken the oath will now proceed to take it. Members of the Government Front Bench will come first.

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by Law:

Right honourable Sir Hartley William Shawcross, K.C., St. Helens.

Walter James Edwards, esquire, Stepney.

Right honourable John Dugdale, West Bromwich.

Ernest Albert John Davies, esquire, Enfield, East.

Colonel the right honourable Oliver Frederick George Stanley, M.C., Bristol, West.

John Paton, esquire, Norwich, North.

Ellis Smith, esquire, Stoke-on-Trent, South.

Lucy Annie Middleton, Plymouth, Sutton.

John Percival William Mallalieu, esquire, Huddersfield, East.

Commander Harry Pursey, Kingstonupon-Hull, East.

Francis George Bowles, esquire, Nuneaton.

Terence Norbert Donovan, esquire, K.C., Leicester, North-East.

John Diamond, esquire, Manchester, Blackley.

John Lewis, esquire, Bolton, West.

Frederick John Wise, esquire, King's Lynn.

George Harold Oliver, esquire, Ilkeston.

Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton, esquire, Batley and Morley.

Major Frederick Elwyn Jones, West Ham, South.

Arthur William John Lewis, esquire, West Ham, North.

Eric George Molyneux Fletcher, esquire, Islington, East.

Harold Davies, esquire, Leek.

Arthur James Irvine, esquire, Liverpool, Edge Hill.

Frank Tomney, esquire, Hammersmith, North.

Major Lyall Wilkes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central.

Hubert Ashton, esquire, M.C., Chelmsford.

Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster, esquire, K.C., York.

William Traven Aitken, esquire, Bury St. Edmunds.

Squadron - Leader Patrick William Donner, Basingstoke.

Basil Edward Nield, esquire, M.B.E., K.C., City of Chester.

Captain George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Monmouth.

Lieutenant-Colonel Uvedale Corbett, D.S.O., Ludlow.

Wing - Commander Norman John Hulbert, Stockport, North.

Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, Bristol, North-West.

Major Duncan McCallum, M.C., Argyll.

Captain James Alexander Lawson Duncan, South Angus.

Colonel Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker, Banbury.

Brigadier John Enoch Powell, M.B.E., Wolverhampton, South-West.

William Robert Stanley Prescott, esquire, Darwen.

Isaac James Pitman, esquire, Bath.

William Nicholson Cuthbert, esquire, Arundel and Shoreham.

Major Ian Douglas Harvey, Harrow, East.

Frank Patrick Bishop, esquire, Harrow, Central.

Robert John Graham Boothby, esquire, East Aberdeenshire.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Lambert, commonly called the honourable George Lambert, Torrington.

Major Frederick William Cundiff, Manchester, Withington.

Captain Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, commonly called Viscount Cranborne, Bournemouth, West.

John Grimston, esquire, commonly called the honourable John Grimston, St. Albans.

Captain Harold Richard Adams, Wandsworth, Central.

Jennie Lee, Cannock.

Lieutenant - Colonel John Anthony Langford-Holt, Shrewsbury.

Wing-Commander Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, D.F.C., commonly called Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, Inverness.

Right honourable Wilfred Paling, Dearne Valley.

Peter Farquharson Remnant, esquire, commonly called the honourable Peter Farquharson Remnant, Wokingham.

Colonel Harry Morris, Sheffield, Neepsend.

SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE

House at its rising this day to adjourn until Monday, 6th March at 11 o'clock.—[Mr. H. Morrison.]

Resolved:
That after this House has returned from attending His Majesty on the day on which His Majesty declares the causes of his calling this Parliament, Mr. Speaker shall resume the Chair at four o'clock and forthwith adjourn the House, without putting any Question, to the Chamber at present appointed for the use of the Commons."—[Mr. H. Morrison.]

ADJOURNMENT

Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]

Adjourned accordingly at Fifteen Minutes past Twelve o'Clock.